March 1810-June 1810 -- Jonas -- March 1810 -- Eliza -- March 1810 -- Polly -- March 1810 -- Yost -- March 1810 -- Reuben -- March 1810 -- Eliza -- March 1810 -- Jonas -- March 1810 -- Isaac -- March 1810 -- Reuben -- March 1810 -- Polly -- March 1810 -- Jonas -- April 1810 -- Yost -- April 1810 -- Reuben -- April 1810 -- Eliza -- May 1810 -- Jonas -- May 1810 -- Isaac -- June 1810 -- April 1811-August 1824 -- Jonas -- April 1811 -- Eliza -- December 1811 -- Reuben -- May 1812 -- Polly -- December 1812 -- Isaac -- June 1813 -- John M. -- August 1813 -- Yost -- September 1813 -- Franey -- April 1814 -- Polly -- December 1815 -- Jonas -- October 1816 -- Eliza -- May 1817 -- Yost -- February 1818 -- Reuben -- November 1818 -- John M. -- April 1819 -- Franey -- July 1820 -- Isaac -- April 1822 -- Eliza -- September 1822 -- Franey -- December 1823 -- Yost -- August 1824 -- May 1826-May 1844 -- Reuben -- May 1826 -- Polly -- August 1828 -- Jonas -- June 1829 -- John M. -- May 1830 -- Isaac -- November 1832 -- Franey -- January 1834 -- Yost -- May 1835 -- Isaac -- March 1837 -- Polly -- July 1838 -- Reuben -- April 1841 -- Jonas -- May 1844 -- November 1846-June 1859 -- Yost -- November 1846 -- John M. -- October 1847 -- Polly -- May 1848 -- Franey -- July 1849 -- Jonas -- December 1851 -- Reuben -- September 1852 -- John M. -- June 1853 -- Yost -- July 1854 -- Jonas -- April 1855 -- Reuben -- March 1856 -- John M. -- May 1858 -- Polly -- June 1859 -- September 1860-March 1861 -- Jonas -- September 1860 -- Reuben -- September 1860 -- Polly -- September 1860 -- Jonas -- November 1860 -- John M. -- November 1860 -- Polly -- December 1860 -- Reuben -- March 1861

Spanning 1810-1861, Miller's first novel offers a stunning and sensitive portrayal of the Amish men and women who first settled in Pennsylvania, with some families later migrating west to Ohio. Narrated by eight different characters whose lives intersect, the plot centers on the murder of an infant, Marie Hershberger, and its far-reaching effects. Marie's father, Yost, convinces most of the community that his brother, Reuben, is behind his daughter's cruel death. As a result, Reuben is shunned until a startling deathbed confession 50 years later reveals the murderer's true identity

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